Monument to 'liquidators'

A view of a monument to "liquidators," emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, with a sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the background.

A view of a monument to "liquidators," emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, with a sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the background. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

A view of a monument to "liquidators," emergency workers who fought the blaze at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, with a sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the background.Gleb Garanich/Reuters